Equities.com's Small-Cap Stars, our proprietary list of small caps that share the most important fundamental traits with the most successful companies in their industry, returned 45.32% over 2013. Among this year’s list are a number of promising small-cap companies that have the potential to make big gains.
Small-cap tech companies have long been a source of innovation and, when a product really takes off, huge gains for shareholders. The tech companies on the Small-Cap Stars represent the sort of well-researched speculative plays that can fill out any portfolio.
Here are today's top-performing Small-Cap Stars:
Implant Sciences Corp (IMSC)
Implant Sciences Corp gained 11.61% to $1.25. The gains came on a volume of 864,245 shares against an average daily volume of 259,022 shares. Implant Sciences Corp has had a trading range from $1.38 to $0.72 over the last year, it has a 50-day SMA of $1.08, and a 200-day SMA of $0.95.
Implant Sciences Corp develops, manufactures and sells sophisticated sensors and systems for the Security, Safety and Defense industries.
Arc Group Worldwide Inc (ARCW)
Arc Group Worldwide Inc gained 7.96% to $16.14. The gains came on a volume of 61,420 shares against an average daily volume of 77,810 shares. Arc Group Worldwide Inc has had a trading range from $18.91 to $1.92 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 28.5, it has a 50-day SMA of $15.08, and a 200-day SMA of $12.22.
ARC Group Worldwide, Inc., is a diversified manufacturing company. The Company's manufacturing businesses include precision components, flanges, fittings and wireless technology.
Lrad Corporation (LRAD)
Lrad Corporation gained 7.59% to $2.41. The gains came on a volume of 422,314 shares against an average daily volume of 92,061 shares. Lrad Corporation has had a trading range from $2.46 to $1.26 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 26, it has a 50-day SMA of $2.00, and a 200-day SMA of $1.94.
LRAD Corp is engaged in the design, development and commercialization of directed sound technologies and products.
Neonode Inc. (NEON)
Neonode Inc. gained 6.9% to $3.10. The gains came on a volume of 715,931 shares against an average daily volume of 887,376 shares. Neonode Inc. has had a trading range from $7.94 to $2.44 over the last year, it has a 50-day SMA of $3.20, and a 200-day SMA of $5.14.
Neonode Inc develops and licenses user interfaces and optical infrared touch technology. It licenses its multi-touch technology to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs).
Pixelworks Inc. (PXLW)
Pixelworks Inc. gained 6.01% to $6.17. The gains came on a volume of 1,140,020 shares against an average daily volume of 1,538,353 shares. Pixelworks Inc. has had a trading range from $9.83 to $3.63 over the last year, it has a 50-day SMA of $7.61, and a 200-day SMA of $5.79.
Pixelworks, Inc., designs, develops and markets video and pixel processing semiconductors and software for high-end digital video applications.
Small-Cap Stars Tech Companies – New Ideas Driving Major Gains
Any small-cap company probably represents an effort to take greater risks in exchange for the potential for greater returns, and nowhere is that more true than in the tech sector. However, with the Small-Cap Stars, we’ve screened out the available stocks to find those that are most likely to create those big gains.
Our list was built by looking at previous small-cap tech companies and running a complex statistical regression to determine which of dozens of different fundamental factors ended up being the most predictive of future success. Then, we looked at which companies today were the most similar to those companies that made big gains in the past.
Among the other factors, our system highlighted companies with low debt, low cash reserves as a percentage of total assets (because, after all, a small-cap tech company should be reinvesting its profits), and low rate of depreciation.
All data provided by QuoteMedia and was accurate as of 4:30 pm ET.